1. Event date

29th May - 1st June 2027 ( 4 days)

2. start / finish line

Mytholmroyd Community Centre (MYCC), Caldene Avenue, there will be tea, coffee and porridge pots to get you fueled up from 6am to 7.45am.

Riders collect their GPS trackers in the event room from 6am.

There is a bag drop option (max 30 litres) for a change of clothes.

The centre has excellent separate male / female shower rooms.

Vehicles can be parked at MYCC for the duration of the 4 day event (hefty fees apply for everyday parking).

Camper vans can be parked and slept in prior to the start and at the finish.

The event hub is 5 minutes from Mytholmroyd train station on the Leeds-Manchester Pennine line.

The start line will be marked out with chalk at the front of the Community Centre.

Group start 8am

3. GPx File

A ‘field tested’ gpx file to guide you around the 505kms single stage route will be sent to your email address a week prior to the event.

The GPS will be on public view at Ride with GPS following the inaugural Pennine 500 event and so riders are welcome to experience the route as a DIY adventure.

4. TRACKERs

Hire of mandatory GPS trackers included in the entry fee and the ‘dot watching’ page provided by an established outfit.

The purpose of a tracker is to validate that the rider has followed the complete, official Pennine 500 route with their time entered onto the Pennine 500 ‘Edition 1’ page.

The male and female FKT’s will be established via the GPS tracker website.

5. Route

505kms / 9,900m

6. WhatApps Groups

Keep in touch with Pennine 500 riders and share ideas and news about bikepacking the route via two WhatsApp groups: 'All Trail' and 'Women and Non-binary riders'.

7. PERSONAL CHALLENGE

Pennine 500 is not a bike race. It is a personal challenge and every rider who participates will receive an embroidered cloth badge made in Leeds.

8. Tickets -

£75 Rider - Includes hire of mandatory GPS tracker and embroidered cloth badge.

£90 Patrons - In addition to the GPS tracker and cloth badge, Patrons will receive a printed zine titled ‘Pennine 500’ with stories from the trail, photos and details of particular route segments. The contents of the zine are listed in the link below. Patrons also receive a bike sticker with the Pennine 500 logo sent out with the zine (this is a Patron only sticker and limited to a run of 50).

Pennine 500 logo